However, diarrhea after gallbladder surgery is not usually due to bacteria. The main job of the gallbladder is to store the bile salts made by the liver and release them when needed after a person ...

This leads to bile salts getting into the colon, with resultant diarrhea. A medication to bind the bile salts is usually effective at treating the diarrhea that commonly occurs after gallbladder ...

Q: I would like your opinion of probiotics. Do you think they would help with chronic diarrhea after having my gallbladder removed? – C.F.R.

Primary bile acid malabsorption (BAM) accounts for ∼30% of functional chronic diarrhea cases. Julian Walters and colleagues now report that reduced feedback inhibition of hepatic bile acid ...

Colesevelam was superior to placebo in inducing remission in patients with bile acid diarrhea with no serious adverse events reported, according to results published in The Lancet Gastroenterology ...

A recent cholecystectomy can also result in a bile salt diarrhea that is usually temporary. Any gastrointestinal surgery that leads to bowel stasis can lead to bacterial overgrowth.

The colon also learns to live with bile salts, and the diarrhea mostly goes away. However, some people continue to have diarrhea after surgery, and medication to restrain bile salts (such as ...

Dr. Roach: I would like your opinion of probiotics. Do you think they would help with chronic diarrhea after having my gallbladder removed? — C.F.R.